Listening in on Russian HF transmissions

Univertsity of Twente Wide-band WebSDR ^ | 02/26/2022

[dfwgator]

And of course...”Lillibulero”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGn1W6WP0Ys

I also enjoyed the swinging version of “Moscow Nights” on Radio Moscow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT0aeNLHB54

[AU72]

I listened to Radio Havana during the Cuban Missile Crisis not knowing at the time that my brother was a marine on an aircraft carrier ready to helicopter in when the balloon went up.

[AU72]

My favorite Radio Peking broadcast told of a fisherman in a sampan who held off a US aircraft carrier.

[McGruff]

I heard “Kamala” then alot of laughing.

[Openurmind]

Think it is from the UK, so they probably have shows in different languages. It was in English when I was listening. Heavy British accent too. :)

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

BBC had a great opening. There were a lot of interesting things on Radio Moscow, leaving out the politics.

[Ezekiel]

With streaming, it’s like being a birder and having the birds all show up in your back yard instead of your having to go out and look for them.

Oh how funny is that. That's exactly how we do it here. Got binoculars stationed at the best windows as well.

No need to go outside. I don't have to worry about scaring any away.

That's not how it is supposed to work? But it works great!

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

LOL! I can do that here too during migration seasons, but the rest of the year it’s slim pickings.

But I was thinking of turning a dial knob late at night hoping for a rare signal as being like walking a woods or field hoping for that rare bird. For me, there is something satisfying in the effort involved. If I hear that rare signal or see that rare bird, I have earned it.

[Ezekiel]

I liked your description. When I was a kid we had an ancient shortwave radio. I would do as you described. It was exciting to reel in a swishy overseas broadcast, and even better if I had to make an effort to identify the language.

If I hear that rare signal or see that rare bird, I have earned it.

Back when the first info was put out about the Mars 2020 mission, there was this:

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Landing Press Kit

There's a diagram and description about how Perseverance would need to station at a lookout spot to watch the first flight, including this explanation of the terminology:

Twitcher’s point (star): Perseverance’s parking spot during the Ingenuity flight tests. “Twitcher” is a British (and now Martian) term for those who travel long distances to see a rare bird. Located about 330 feet (100 meters) from the edge of the flight zone, the site should be relatively level. Twitcher’s Point also must allow direct line-of-site between the rover and the helicopter during all portions of potential flight tests for optimal radio communications and imaging.

I've always remembered that, so with every flight, I get to travel to Mars to see a rare bird. (And I still don't have to leave the house!)

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Oh, yeah. The internet and other technology certainly have allowed us to experience things we might not otherwise experience. I remember the first time I saw the internet. A guy a work had it at home. He brought up a tour of the art of the Sistine Chapel. I had seen books on that art, but the internet tour was better. I have never been to the Vatican and there’s a good chance I never will go, but I have had a better experience of it than a book would give. I have been hooked on the many good uses of the internet ever since.

And — when I miss my old hometown of St. Louis and know I won’t be going back anytime soon, I can pull up Earthcam and have a look at the Arch.

[Ezekiel]

There are so many blessings with new technology, as you've described.

But then they get abused by those who plot evil, as those same images are available to the people who are up to no good.

But that's a problem as old as time, isn't it. How much propaganda went out through those old radios?! Tokyo Rose.

But good people win in the end so it all works out.

I think it's like the saying that money returns to its rightful owners.

This is kind of funny (paradoxical):

I am suddenly reminded of the Tower of Babel. God put the kabosh on that project because otherwise man plotting as one could do anything he was minded to do.

In the real world that would be... nothing. Slug City. Because, whenever does a committee accomplish anything? Bureaucracy (Cant-Do darkness) and productivity (Can-Do light) have nothing in common. The UN? Exhibit A. Always needing more money from the producers, though.

The upside-down view is the one that makes actual sense.

Private enterprise -- each man to his dream, his vision of making the world a better place.

So... enjoy those grand views of the Gateway to the West! :)

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

That’s an interesting take on the Tower of Babel. There is so much to be mined from Genesis. If you want to understand the human race, you start there.

Nice pioneer painting! The pioneer era is one of my great interests. Some of my ancestors were among the early American settlers in southwestern Illinois. And the Gateway City is full of historical references to the westward expansion.

[Daffynition]

[Ezekiel]

Ha, excellent.

“The upside-down view is the one that makes actual sense.”

(Did you see that comment from post 91, or are you just dialed in on the same frequency?)